This URL is a historical listing. The slug names Omar Musa and Since Ali Died. Omar Musa is a publicly known Australian author, poet and performer; Since Ali Died is a public title in his body of work. We have not reconstructed an interview. We do not quote him. We do not describe a private rehearsal.
Why the title sat on a folk magazine
Folk rooms in Australia have always leaked into spoken word, and spoken word has always leaked into rooms with a guitar at the door. A magazine that only covers fiddle tunes is pretending. A magazine that steals a poet’s voice to look current is also pretending.
The honest middle is to name the public work and then talk about the room problem: how a club night, a festival spoken-word tent, and a book-tour hall ask different quiet from the audience. How recording a poem on a phone is not the same as joining a chorus. How a writer’s catalogue should be read as a catalogue, not as a flavour for a music blog.
How to be in those rooms
- If the official listing says a book, read the book. Do not wait for a recap.
- If the official listing says a show, treat it as a show: doors, time, no invented setlist.
- If you want to write about it for us, see Write for us. We will want public sources and no reconstructed quotes.
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